Advyth Ramachandran
@advyth.bsky.social
PhD Student at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Community and ecosystem ecology, functional traits, restoration. Views are my own. www.advyth.com
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I cannot imagine the devastation this family is experiencing today. This statement is powerful and must be read.
January 25, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I cannot imagine the devastation this family is experiencing today. This statement is powerful and must be read.
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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It’s official: I’m joining the School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability at the University of Iowa as an assistant prof starting Fall 2026!
I’ll be recruiting multiple grad students and postdocs to join my lab, so if you’re into disturbance ecology and conservation science… watch this space!
I’ll be recruiting multiple grad students and postdocs to join my lab, so if you’re into disturbance ecology and conservation science… watch this space!
January 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
It’s official: I’m joining the School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability at the University of Iowa as an assistant prof starting Fall 2026!
I’ll be recruiting multiple grad students and postdocs to join my lab, so if you’re into disturbance ecology and conservation science… watch this space!
I’ll be recruiting multiple grad students and postdocs to join my lab, so if you’re into disturbance ecology and conservation science… watch this space!
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Colorado stands up for science.
NCAR isn't just your weather app. It's keeping us prepared up to the MINUTE when extreme weather hits. In an emergency, preparation and information keep us safe. Without NCAR, we are flying blind, just as extreme weather becomes more frequent. #SaveNCAR
NCAR isn't just your weather app. It's keeping us prepared up to the MINUTE when extreme weather hits. In an emergency, preparation and information keep us safe. Without NCAR, we are flying blind, just as extreme weather becomes more frequent. #SaveNCAR
December 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Colorado stands up for science.
NCAR isn't just your weather app. It's keeping us prepared up to the MINUTE when extreme weather hits. In an emergency, preparation and information keep us safe. Without NCAR, we are flying blind, just as extreme weather becomes more frequent. #SaveNCAR
NCAR isn't just your weather app. It's keeping us prepared up to the MINUTE when extreme weather hits. In an emergency, preparation and information keep us safe. Without NCAR, we are flying blind, just as extreme weather becomes more frequent. #SaveNCAR
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A deeply dangerous — and blatantly retaliatory action against Colorado — by the Trump administration.
NCAR is one of the most renowned scientific facilities in the WORLD — where scientists perform cutting-edge research everyday.
We will fight this reckless directive with every legal tool we have.
NCAR is one of the most renowned scientific facilities in the WORLD — where scientists perform cutting-edge research everyday.
We will fight this reckless directive with every legal tool we have.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 3:23 AM
A deeply dangerous — and blatantly retaliatory action against Colorado — by the Trump administration.
NCAR is one of the most renowned scientific facilities in the WORLD — where scientists perform cutting-edge research everyday.
We will fight this reckless directive with every legal tool we have.
NCAR is one of the most renowned scientific facilities in the WORLD — where scientists perform cutting-edge research everyday.
We will fight this reckless directive with every legal tool we have.
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Just decline the peer review invitation.
What are you people even doing?
What are you people even doing?
More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review — often against guidance
A survey of 1,600 academics found that more than 50% have used artificial-intelligence tools while peer reviewing manuscripts.
www.nature.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Just decline the peer review invitation.
What are you people even doing?
What are you people even doing?
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Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
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NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
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One of the scientific puzzles I've struggled with through my career is the contrast between biophysical models of ecosystem services/nature's contributions to people and what you hear from farmers and other rural land users about how the interact with nature. - This is a thread about a new paper.
December 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
One of the scientific puzzles I've struggled with through my career is the contrast between biophysical models of ecosystem services/nature's contributions to people and what you hear from farmers and other rural land users about how the interact with nature. - This is a thread about a new paper.
Attending AFE #FireCon2025, and interested in grassland fire and flammability traits? Come check out my poster on using flammability traits to select species in grassland restoration!
Really excited to share this ongoing collaborative work with @hennhouse.bsky.social, labmates, and local agencies.
Really excited to share this ongoing collaborative work with @hennhouse.bsky.social, labmates, and local agencies.
December 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Attending AFE #FireCon2025, and interested in grassland fire and flammability traits? Come check out my poster on using flammability traits to select species in grassland restoration!
Really excited to share this ongoing collaborative work with @hennhouse.bsky.social, labmates, and local agencies.
Really excited to share this ongoing collaborative work with @hennhouse.bsky.social, labmates, and local agencies.
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A classic winter-like "tule fog" pattern will persist for at least a few more days in CA's Central Valley (w/spillover into SF Bay), but warm, dry, and mostly sunny conditions persist above and south of the fog layer! But how about some deeper tule fog context? [Thread] #CAwx
November 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A classic winter-like "tule fog" pattern will persist for at least a few more days in CA's Central Valley (w/spillover into SF Bay), but warm, dry, and mostly sunny conditions persist above and south of the fog layer! But how about some deeper tule fog context? [Thread] #CAwx
At #SER2025 and interested in plant functional traits or urban forests? Come see my talk at 11 — 11:15 in: S.31 - Urban Ecosystem Restoration as Climate Action and Equity-Centered Community Development. I will discuss a study that quantifies differences in tree species impacts on air temperature!
October 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
At #SER2025 and interested in plant functional traits or urban forests? Come see my talk at 11 — 11:15 in: S.31 - Urban Ecosystem Restoration as Climate Action and Equity-Centered Community Development. I will discuss a study that quantifies differences in tree species impacts on air temperature!
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The Garnet Fire has burned through a place I have worked since 2002. A place I hold dear. We knew this wasn't a matter of if, but when. Unfortunately the leadership on the Sierra National Forest didn't have the same urgency that we did. My eulogy for Teakettle.
www.hurteaulab.org/blog/a-eulog...
www.hurteaulab.org/blog/a-eulog...
A Eulogy for Teakettle
Justice William O. Douglas, in his dissenting opinion of the Supreme Court’s decision in Sierra Club v. Morton, said “Contemporary public concern for protecting nature’s ecological equilibrium...
www.hurteaulab.org
September 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The Garnet Fire has burned through a place I have worked since 2002. A place I hold dear. We knew this wasn't a matter of if, but when. Unfortunately the leadership on the Sierra National Forest didn't have the same urgency that we did. My eulogy for Teakettle.
www.hurteaulab.org/blog/a-eulog...
www.hurteaulab.org/blog/a-eulog...
August 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Outside the CU Ramaley Biology building 5 minutes ago. Something is going on, we got shelter in place notices. #boulder #cu #cuboulder #colorado
August 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Outside the CU Ramaley Biology building 5 minutes ago. Something is going on, we got shelter in place notices. #boulder #cu #cuboulder #colorado
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🌳🌲 PhD student Advyth Ramachandran (INSTAAR + EBIO) seeks to understand the cooling effects of various urban tree species in Boulder. Read our Q&A with him:
www.colorado.edu/instaar/2025...
@advyth.bsky.social
www.colorado.edu/instaar/2025...
@advyth.bsky.social
Which tree species are best at cooling down the city?
This week, INSTAAR PhD student Advyth Ramachandran is presenting preliminary findings at a conference in Baltimore. His work seeks to understand the cooling
www.colorado.edu
August 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
🌳🌲 PhD student Advyth Ramachandran (INSTAAR + EBIO) seeks to understand the cooling effects of various urban tree species in Boulder. Read our Q&A with him:
www.colorado.edu/instaar/2025...
@advyth.bsky.social
www.colorado.edu/instaar/2025...
@advyth.bsky.social
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Already in Baltimore for #ESA2025! If you are interested in plant belowground organs come to our Symposium on Wednesday, August 13 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Det...
events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Det...
August 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Already in Baltimore for #ESA2025! If you are interested in plant belowground organs come to our Symposium on Wednesday, August 13 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Det...
events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Det...
Reminder that my poster is today evening! Looking forward to some interesting discussions!
At #ESA2025 and interested in the potential for urban forests to cool cities, and tree functional traits? Stop by my poster tomorrow (Tuesday) in PS 25-160, Urban Ecosystems. Excited to chat about our results so far, compare findings with others, and get feedback on further directions!
August 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Reminder that my poster is today evening! Looking forward to some interesting discussions!
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SEEDS has 21 new students at #ESA2025 & most of them are presenting for the first time! There are also 21 volunteer mentors uniquely paired w/ them to guide them in their 1st ESA! A big THANKS to Fred Abbott, Teresa Mourad & ESA staff for supporting SEEDS program! @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
SEEDS has 21 new students at #ESA2025 & most of them are presenting for the first time! There are also 21 volunteer mentors uniquely paired w/ them to guide them in their 1st ESA! A big THANKS to Fred Abbott, Teresa Mourad & ESA staff for supporting SEEDS program! @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
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Graduate Student Policy Award alumni will share their policy experiences with prospective GSPA students on 8/13. Any alum or student can attend this free event, but space is limited; email [email protected] to join events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Det... #ESA2025
August 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Graduate Student Policy Award alumni will share their policy experiences with prospective GSPA students on 8/13. Any alum or student can attend this free event, but space is limited; email [email protected] to join events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Det... #ESA2025
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Check out our lab’s presentations @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social meeting in Baltimore if you are interested in vegetation change over space or time under changing climate or disturbance regime. Lumbsden-Pinto: Tue, COS 046 (10:15am); Dovciak: Wed, COS 118 (3:45pm); Kiel: Wed, PS-29-046 (5pm) 🌎🌐🧪
August 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Check out our lab’s presentations @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social meeting in Baltimore if you are interested in vegetation change over space or time under changing climate or disturbance regime. Lumbsden-Pinto: Tue, COS 046 (10:15am); Dovciak: Wed, COS 118 (3:45pm); Kiel: Wed, PS-29-046 (5pm) 🌎🌐🧪
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See Earth Lab & ESIIL team members at ESA25! Learn more about our team members sessions here: esiil.org/news-events/...
@cu-esiil.bsky.social
@cu-esiil.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
See Earth Lab & ESIIL team members at ESA25! Learn more about our team members sessions here: esiil.org/news-events/...
@cu-esiil.bsky.social
@cu-esiil.bsky.social
At #ESA2025 and interested in the potential for urban forests to cool cities, and tree functional traits? Stop by my poster tomorrow (Tuesday) in PS 25-160, Urban Ecosystems. Excited to chat about our results so far, compare findings with others, and get feedback on further directions!
August 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
At #ESA2025 and interested in the potential for urban forests to cool cities, and tree functional traits? Stop by my poster tomorrow (Tuesday) in PS 25-160, Urban Ecosystems. Excited to chat about our results so far, compare findings with others, and get feedback on further directions!
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Are you attending ESA this year? Are you a biocrust lover?
Come to COS 011 on Monday 1:30 pm to learn all about CrustNet and biological soil crusts. We are excited to recruit new collaborators and new sites for this project.
#esa2025
@womeninsoileco.bsky.social
Come to COS 011 on Monday 1:30 pm to learn all about CrustNet and biological soil crusts. We are excited to recruit new collaborators and new sites for this project.
#esa2025
@womeninsoileco.bsky.social
August 10, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Are you attending ESA this year? Are you a biocrust lover?
Come to COS 011 on Monday 1:30 pm to learn all about CrustNet and biological soil crusts. We are excited to recruit new collaborators and new sites for this project.
#esa2025
@womeninsoileco.bsky.social
Come to COS 011 on Monday 1:30 pm to learn all about CrustNet and biological soil crusts. We are excited to recruit new collaborators and new sites for this project.
#esa2025
@womeninsoileco.bsky.social
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ESA proudly presents the 2025 Regional Policy Award to Rep Sarah Elfreth (MD-3) @elfreth.house.gov for her tireless advocacy for science-based environmental policy. Right now, science matters more than ever. Accepting on her behalf, Allie Cavanagh reminds us: “Don’t give up the ship”
#ESA2025
#ESA2025
August 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
ESA proudly presents the 2025 Regional Policy Award to Rep Sarah Elfreth (MD-3) @elfreth.house.gov for her tireless advocacy for science-based environmental policy. Right now, science matters more than ever. Accepting on her behalf, Allie Cavanagh reminds us: “Don’t give up the ship”
#ESA2025
#ESA2025